²⁵ Palal, Uzai’s son, repaired^[a] from the point opposite the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him, Pedaiah, Parosh’s son, ²⁶ and the temple servants living on Ophel made repairs^[b] up to the point opposite the Water Gate to the east and the projecting tower. ²⁷ After them, the people of Tekoa repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.